Archive | October, 2010

Gig Review: Yacht Club DJs @ The Corner Hotel, 16th October

Without sounding like toooo much of a pretentious dickhead, I honestly believe that a part of writing is accepting that there are some things which words simply cannot adequately describe. The Yacht Club DJs set at the Corner Hotel on Saturday night was one of these things.

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Gig Review: Tame Impala @ The Palace Theater, 15th October

I went to this show due in no small part to the support act, John Steel Singers, who are one of the best smaller Australian bands going around at the moment, however I was also looking forward to seeing Tame Impala live again after having been underwhelmed with the first time I saw them. What […]

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Album Review: Sufjan Stevens ‘The Age Of Adz’

I’ve put off reviewing this album for quite a while, because it is such a huge challenge to review your favourite singer/songwriter’s new work. Especially when it is an album like this. ‘The Age Of Adz’ is such a complete departure from Sufjan’s older full-length efforts that it seems rather foreign, however this doesn’t prevent […]

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Laneway 2011 Lineup

The lineup for my favourite Summer festival, Laneway, has been progressively revealed on Triple J this morning, and here it is in its entirety: Ariel Pink Beach House Bear In Heaven Blonde Redhead !!! Cloud Control Cut Copy Deerhunter Foals Gotye Holy Fuck Jenny And Johnny Le Savy Fav Local Natives Menomena PVT Rat Vs […]

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Album Review: Hungry Kids Of Hungary ‘Escapades’

This debut album from Brisbane lads Hungry Kids Of Hungary has been a long time coming, but it manages to perfectly encapsulate everything that is great about their preceding EPs and their energetic live shows while still adding something new. In other words, it achieves everything that a debut album should.

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Vanderlyle Cry Baby, Cry

Come January, I’m finally going to be seeing my favourite band in the world live. In honour of the occasion, here is an absolutely sublime video of The National performing Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks a couple of days ago at a concert in Nashville. It is completely unplugged, without a single microphone. This is about as […]

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